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MODERN DAY FEAR
Fear and anxiety are not the same, but both are killing your dreams.
Whether it’s a bear attack or fear of rejection, our brains may respond the same, run. The psychological impact of generational fear heightened by modern day fear mongering is training your brain to live in a constant state of FEAR. This separates us from our goals and dreams.
On today's episode of the Forms and Focus Podcast (EPISODE #023), we are discussing focus and fear. And what you can do TODAY to reverse the effects of fear on the brain, increase your focus on long-term goals and accomplish your dreams. Let’s dig in…
0:00 - Intro to Fear
0:39 - Podcast Intro
1:12 - Problem/Fear and how it impacts our focus.
14:36 - Solution/Habits for better focus.
What Is Fear?
(APA Dictionary) Fear is an intense emotion aroused by the detection of imminent threat, involving an immediate alarm reaction that mobilizes the organism by triggering a set of physiological changes.
Your body will increase rapid heartbeat, redirection of blood flow away from the periphery areas of the body, tenses of the muscles, and a general mobilization to take action: fight-or-flight response.
How does the brain respond to fear?
(Lacagnina), IMMEDIATE THREATS (BEAR ATTACK): The visual information comes in. It's getting into the visual processing pathway. Then moves into the amygdala, which is the threat-detection center… or the “threat reflex” as Huberman Labs explains.
How the brain stores information to prevent danger. (Anand and Dhikav) The Hippocampus is a complex brain structure embedded deep into the temporal lobe. It has a major role in learning and memory.
What are we afraid of?
It is pretty rare to be attacked by a bear, (1 in 2.1M), odds of shark attack (1 in 3.7M, odds of being struck by lighting (1 in 500K), odds of being killed by any animal ( 1 in 1.6M) odds of being killed by terrorist attack (1 on 30M) odds of being killed by foreign‐born terrorists is (1 in 104M).
Fear is on the rise.
(Winkelmeyer) 54% said they're more fearful than hopeful about what's in store for the world in 2022, while 44% said they're more hopeful.
What You Can Do TODAY
- Fear has power when you don’t share it. If you suffer from severe anxiety, get help!!!
- But if you are looking for ways to improve your overall mental health, reduce the fear state, anxiety and start working on your dreams, here are some tips you can start today! A great article by (Lebow) in Psych Central pulls quotes from leading psychologist
- Change the scripts: “If you want to focus on thinking and perception, you can develop new anxiety scripts that tell you a different story, one that makes you feel safe,”
- Practice challenges: “In other words, do the thing you’re scared of,” she says. “Start with easy challenges: If you feel social anxiety, your first challenge could be to make one quick friendly remark to someone in line at the coffee shop.”
- Reality testing: Devised by Sigmund Freud, reality testing is a helpful way to shift your perspective around experiences that typically make you feel anxious.
- Meditation: “Meditations with a focus on compassion and kindness can be very helpful as they help reframe thoughts, thus creating new brain pathways.”
Podcast Available Everywhere
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#focus #dream #tension
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By The Focus CastMODERN DAY FEAR
Fear and anxiety are not the same, but both are killing your dreams.
Whether it’s a bear attack or fear of rejection, our brains may respond the same, run. The psychological impact of generational fear heightened by modern day fear mongering is training your brain to live in a constant state of FEAR. This separates us from our goals and dreams.
On today's episode of the Forms and Focus Podcast (EPISODE #023), we are discussing focus and fear. And what you can do TODAY to reverse the effects of fear on the brain, increase your focus on long-term goals and accomplish your dreams. Let’s dig in…
0:00 - Intro to Fear
0:39 - Podcast Intro
1:12 - Problem/Fear and how it impacts our focus.
14:36 - Solution/Habits for better focus.
What Is Fear?
(APA Dictionary) Fear is an intense emotion aroused by the detection of imminent threat, involving an immediate alarm reaction that mobilizes the organism by triggering a set of physiological changes.
Your body will increase rapid heartbeat, redirection of blood flow away from the periphery areas of the body, tenses of the muscles, and a general mobilization to take action: fight-or-flight response.
How does the brain respond to fear?
(Lacagnina), IMMEDIATE THREATS (BEAR ATTACK): The visual information comes in. It's getting into the visual processing pathway. Then moves into the amygdala, which is the threat-detection center… or the “threat reflex” as Huberman Labs explains.
How the brain stores information to prevent danger. (Anand and Dhikav) The Hippocampus is a complex brain structure embedded deep into the temporal lobe. It has a major role in learning and memory.
What are we afraid of?
It is pretty rare to be attacked by a bear, (1 in 2.1M), odds of shark attack (1 in 3.7M, odds of being struck by lighting (1 in 500K), odds of being killed by any animal ( 1 in 1.6M) odds of being killed by terrorist attack (1 on 30M) odds of being killed by foreign‐born terrorists is (1 in 104M).
Fear is on the rise.
(Winkelmeyer) 54% said they're more fearful than hopeful about what's in store for the world in 2022, while 44% said they're more hopeful.
What You Can Do TODAY
- Fear has power when you don’t share it. If you suffer from severe anxiety, get help!!!
- But if you are looking for ways to improve your overall mental health, reduce the fear state, anxiety and start working on your dreams, here are some tips you can start today! A great article by (Lebow) in Psych Central pulls quotes from leading psychologist
- Change the scripts: “If you want to focus on thinking and perception, you can develop new anxiety scripts that tell you a different story, one that makes you feel safe,”
- Practice challenges: “In other words, do the thing you’re scared of,” she says. “Start with easy challenges: If you feel social anxiety, your first challenge could be to make one quick friendly remark to someone in line at the coffee shop.”
- Reality testing: Devised by Sigmund Freud, reality testing is a helpful way to shift your perspective around experiences that typically make you feel anxious.
- Meditation: “Meditations with a focus on compassion and kindness can be very helpful as they help reframe thoughts, thus creating new brain pathways.”
Podcast Available Everywhere
https://formsandfocus.com/
https://www.instagram.com/formsandfocus/
https://www.tiktok.com/@formsandfocus
#focus #dream #tension